15
Sep
Ava DuVernay is one of the most accomplished and visible filmmakers of her generation. As the director of Selma, she is often celebrated for offering a poignant dramatization of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the SNCC organization’s fight for the Voting Rights Act—a fact that remains a demerit for the Academy Awards which nominated the film for Best Picture but not Best Director. Yet that is not her most popular film. Nor is it the Disney blockbuster she made afterward in A Wrinkle in Time. And when it comes to fielding questions about her work, even New Gods, a…